Abstract: An electric straddled vehicle includes an electric component, a case, a breather hose, and a cap. The case accommodates the electric component. The breather hose has a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other, the first end being connected to the case. The cap is breathable and waterproof, and is attached to the second end of the breather hose.

Abstract: An electric vehicle, including a vehicle body, a controlled device mounted to the vehicle body, and a control device configured to electrically control the controlled device. The control device includes a case member that is mounted to the vehicle body and that has an internal space formed therein, a control board mounted to the case member in the internal space, an electronic component mounted to the control board in the internal space, and a supporting structure provided on an inner surface of the case member and configured to support the electronic component, such that the electronic component is partially exposed in the internal space.

Abstract: A leaning vehicle including a body frame that has a head pipe and a frame member extending rearward from the head pipe, a suspension plate attached to the frame member, and a drive source attached to the suspension plate. The suspension plate includes a first plate and a second plate stacked together in a left-right direction of the leaning vehicle. A dimension of the first plate in a the left-right direction is smaller than a dimension thereof in a front-rear direction of the leaning vehicle and a dimension thereof in an up-down direction of the leaning vehicle. A dimension of the second plate in the left-right direction is smaller than a dimension thereof in the front-rear direction and a dimension thereof in the up-down direction. The first plate and the second plate are in slidable contact with each other.

Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including left and right seat frames respectively located leftward and rightward of a vehicle center plane with respect to a rear-to-front direction, a cross member configured to connect the left and right seat frames, a seat located above the left and right seat frames and the cross member, a rear fender, and a position regulator joining the seat with the rear fender to regulate upward movement of the seat. The seat includes a first load transmitting portion and a first horizontal position determining portion. The cross member includes a load receiver configured to receive a load of the seat, and a second horizontal position determining portion configured to restrict movement of the seat in a substantially horizontal direction. The position regulator includes an elastic member supported by the seat, a coupling portion supported by the elastic member, and a fastening portion configured to fasten the coupling portion to the rear fender.

Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including a cross member connecting right and left seat frames, a seat above the cross member and right and left seat frames, left and right side covers, a rear fender, an intake passage formed below the seat, between the left and right side covers and above the rear fender, an air cleaner located in a front part of the intake passage, left and right inlet ports located in a rear part of the intake passage, first and second fastening portions respectively fastening the right and left side cover to the right and left seat frames or to the rear fender. In a rear view of the vehicle, the cross member is convex upward and does not overlap the right or left inlet port, and the first and second fastening portions are located outside the intake passage, or are located inside the intake passage but does not overlap the right or left inlet port.

Abstract: A straddled vehicle including: a vehicle body frame having a head pipe and a down frame extending downward and rearward from the head pipe; a steering shaft rotatably inserted in the head pipe; a front fork linked to the steering shaft, the front fork including an outer tube and an inner tube that is slidably inserted in the outer tube; a bottom bridge linking the front fork and a portion of the steering shaft that is downward relative to the head pipe; a radiator arranged rearward of the front fork, the radiator overlapping the outer tube in a front view; a front wheel supported by the front fork; a front fender arranged upward of the front wheel; and a rectifier member attached to a portion of the outer tube that is upward of the front wheel and downward of the bottom bridge, the rectifier member extending rearward.

Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including a cross member connecting right and left seat frames, a seat above the cross member and right and left seat frames, left and right side covers, a rear fender, an intake passage formed below the seat, between the left and right side covers and above the rear fender, an air cleaner located in a front part of the intake passage, left and right inlet ports located in a rear part of the intake passage, first and second fastening portions respectively fastening the right and left side cover to the right and left seat frames or to the rear fender. In a rear view of the vehicle, the cross member is convex upward and does not overlap the right or left inlet port, and the first and second fastening portions are located outside the intake passage, or are located inside the intake passage but does not overlap the right or left inlet port.

Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including left and right seat frames respectively located leftward and rightward of a vehicle center plane with respect to a rear-to-front direction, a cross member configured to connect the left and right seat frames, a seat located above the left and right seat frames and the cross member, a rear fender, and a position regulator joining the seat with the rear fender to regulate upward movement of the seat. The seat includes a first load transmitting portion and a first horizontal position determining portion. The cross member includes a load receiver configured to receive a load of the seat, and a second horizontal position determining portion configured to restrict movement of the seat in a substantially horizontal direction. The position regulator includes an elastic member supported by the seat, a coupling portion supported by the elastic member, and a fastening portion configured to fasten the coupling portion to the rear fender.

Abstract: In a saddle-type electric, a lower spring supporting a lower surface of a battery is provided on a bottom portion of a battery case. A cover covering the battery includes an upper spring to catch the battery together with the lower spring in the up and down direction. When the battery is placed in the battery case and the cover closes, the lower spring supports the lower surface of the battery and is elastically deformable in an extension direction and a compression direction and the upper spring presses the upper surface of the battery and is able to elastically deform in an extension direction and a compression direction.

Abstract: A battery with increased capacity is provided in a straddled electric vehicle including a drive unit provided on a rear arm for supporting a rear wheel such that the rear wheel is rotatable. A power supply unit is located in a vehicle body frame to supply electric power to the drive unit. The drive unit includes a motor that overlaps the rear wheel in a side view of the vehicle. The power supply unit includes a battery and a controller. The controller supplies electric power stored in the battery to the drive unit. The vehicle body frame includes a head pipe and a pivot shaft. The pivot shaft supports the rear arm such that it is swingable. The power supply unit is located between the head pipe and pivot shaft in a side view of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electric motorcycle includes a battery case accommodating a high voltage battery, a low voltage battery, a converter that decreases the voltage of the high voltage battery to supply the decreased voltage to the low voltage battery, and a motor case that accommodates the electric motor. The converter is located in the motor case. The electric motorcycle prevents users from accessing the converter.

Abstract: An electric two-wheel vehicle includes a battery case that accommodates two batteries. The battery case is open in an upward direction. A head pipe supports a steering shaft and is connected to a front portion of the battery case. The battery case includes a beam portion that is disposed between the two batteries and extends rearward from a front wall portion of the battery case. Accordingly, it is possible to easily attach and detach the batteries with respect to a vehicle body for charging, protect the batteries, and secure the rigidity of a vehicle body frame.

Abstract: A battery with increased capacity is provided in a straddled electric vehicle including a drive unit provided on a rear arm for supporting a rear wheel such that the rear wheel is rotatable. A power supply unit is located in a vehicle body frame to supply electric power to the drive unit. The drive unit includes a motor that overlaps the rear wheel in a side view of the vehicle. The power supply unit includes a battery and a controller. The controller supplies electric power stored in the battery to the drive unit. The vehicle body frame includes a head pipe and a pivot shaft. The pivot shaft supports the rear arm such that it is swingable. The power supply unit is located between the head pipe and pivot shaft in a side view of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a swing arm supported on the vehicle body frame via a pivot shaft so as to swing in an up-down direction, a rear wheel supported on the swing arm, an electric motor, an output shaft to which a driving force of the electric motor is transmitted, an endless transmission member that transmits a driving force outputted from the output shaft to the rear wheel, a battery that supplies power to the electric motor, and a battery case that houses the battery. The output shaft is positioned lower than a lower end of the battery case and more forward than a rear end of the battery case in a side view. A movement restrictor that contacts the transmission member to restrict upward movement of the transmission member is mounted on the vehicle body frame or a member fixed to the vehicle body frame.

Abstract: An electric motorcycle includes a battery case accommodating a high voltage battery, a low voltage battery, a converter that decreases the voltage of the high voltage battery to supply the decreased voltage to the low voltage battery, and a motor case that accommodates the electric motor. The converter is located in the motor case. The electric motorcycle prevents users from accessing the converter.

Abstract: In a saddle-type electric, a lower spring supporting a lower surface of a battery is provided on a bottom portion of a battery case. A cover covering the battery includes an upper spring to catch the battery together with the lower spring in the up and down direction. When the battery is placed in the battery case and the cover closes, the lower spring supports the lower surface of the battery and is elastically deformable in an extension direction and a compression direction and the upper spring presses the upper surface of the battery and is able to elastically deform in an extension direction and a compression direction.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery supported by an elastic member. The vehicle is provided with a connector that is electrically connected to a connector on the battery. The connector on the vehicle is switched between an unlock state in which the movement of the connector on the vehicle is allowed to follow the oscillation of the battery, and a lock state in which the movement of the connector on the vehicle is restricted. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a stress from being applied to the connector on the battery and the connector on the vehicle when a vehicle is travelling, and it is possible to smoothly connect the connector on the battery and the connector on the vehicle when a user mounts the battery on the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric motor disposed downward of a battery. The vehicle is provided with a motor control unit configured to receive electrical power from the battery and to supply the electrical power of the battery to the electric motor, and a case that accommodates the motor control unit. The case is positioned downward of the battery and forward of the electric motor, and is arranged in a posture in which the length in the front-rear direction of an accommodating portion in the case is less than the vertical height thereof in a side view of the vehicle body. Accordingly, a compact longitudinal layout of the electric motor and the motor control unit that controls the electric motor is achieved.

Abstract: A vehicle body frame has a head pipe, a main frame, a down frame, and a lower frame. The main frame extends downward to the rear from the head pipe. The down frame extends downward to the rear from the head pipe in a position below the main frame. The lower frame connects an end of the down frame to an end of the main frame. An engine of the vehicle has a crankshaft, a crankcase, and a cylinder member. The crankshaft is housed in the crankcase. The cylinder member is attached to the crankcase. A cylinder is formed inside the cylinder member. An axis of the cylinder extends upward obliquely to the rear.

Abstract: A straddle-type electric vehicle includes a seat disposed farther forward than a rear wheel, foot rest portions configured to support feet of an occupant seated on the seat, stands between a front wheel and the rear wheel and supported so as to swing, a leg shield including a surface which extends in a vertical direction, a receptacle facing an opening portion provided in the leg shield, and a body frame which supports the front wheel, the rear wheel, the seat, the stands, the leg shield, and the receptacle. The receptacle is disposed between a ground contact point of the front wheel and the leg shield; includes a connecting port which is opened to the top, left, or top left; and is configured so that a force received by the receptacle via the body frame when a charging plug is fitted therein is transmitted to the front wheel.